5 places where you can still see the Berlin Wall in Berlin

1) The GDR Watchtower

The Berlin Wall, built around West Berlin, was a reality people had to live with from 1961 to 1989. There were lots of guard towers too, and the guards had orders to shoot to kill everybody who wanted to escape. This tower is the last of the round ‘mushroom’-type towers to remain standing and therefore a sad reminder of the past.

Berlin - GDR Watchtower / Der DDR-Grenzwachturm

Erna-Berger-Strasse, Mitte

http://www.berlinwall expo.de

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